Ghost Shark
Australia's extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle programme, progressing from prototypes into contracted production.
- Country / region
- Australia
- Programme status
- Order / production commitment
- Sources reviewed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Underwater
- System type
- Autonomous underwater vehicle
- Developer / manufacturer
- Anduril Australia; Australian Defence co-development
- Origin / production countries
- Australia
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Named configuration; see the evidence and specification notes
- Operators / programme customers
- Royal Australian Navy — acquisition and integration programme
Evidence & current status
Production and unit assignment are documented; export-priority status does not prove a new overseas customer. No exact final acceptance date or undisclosed numerical specification has been inferred.
Role & capabilities
- Persistent undersea surveillance
- Modular naval missions
- Integration with autonomous fleet operations
Specifications in context
- Configuration
- Extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle
Published specification for the cited configuration; payload, environment and speed affect performance.
Source ↗ - Hull / propulsion
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Dimensions
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Displacement / mass
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Payload
- Configurable naval mission payloads; public capacity not established
Mission role is disclosed; numerical carrying capacity is not established in reviewed sources.
Source ↗ - Endurance
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Range
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Speed
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Operating depth
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Sensors
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Communications / control
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Launch / deployment
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
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